A price quote for a horse on the Tote is the current dividend pay-out on the event of that outcome happening. This tends to be similar to normal bookmaker odds, and tracks the market in a similar way, but at any given time may be better or worse than a bookmaker's quoted odds. However, since all bets are pooled, all bets are essentially starting price" (SP), that is, until the race has started (and all betting finished) one cannot calculate what the final pay-out will be